Junior Software Developer Job Trends in the City of London

Junior Software Developer
Central London > City of London

The median Junior Software Developer salary in the City of London is £50,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 18 September 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 128 171 182
Rank change year-on-year +43 +11 +108
Permanent jobs requiring a Junior Software Developer 1 1 6
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 0.058% 0.035% 0.18%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.062% 0.037% 0.18%
Number of salaries quoted 1 1 6
10th Percentile - - £40,625
25th Percentile £45,000 £55,000 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £60,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +14.29% +31.25%
75th Percentile £55,000 £65,000 £56,250
90th Percentile - - -
Central London median annual salary £50,000 £60,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -16.67% +14.29% +31.25%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
City of London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the City of London. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the City of London with a recognized job title 1,620 2,732 3,271
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.57% 94.70% 96.29%
Number of salaries quoted 1,307 1,895 2,936
10th Percentile £36,750 £42,500 £40,125
25th Percentile £52,500 £52,750 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £72,500 £74,000
Median % change year-on-year - -2.03% +2.07%
75th Percentile £94,375 £95,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £120,000 £112,500 £115,000
Central London median annual salary £72,500 £72,500 £72,500

Junior Software Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Job postings that featured Junior Software Developer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Job vacancy trend for Junior Software Developer in the City of London

Junior Software Developer
Salary Trend in the City of London

Salary distribution trend for Junior Software Developer job vacancies in the City of London.

Salary distribution trend for Junior Software Developer job vacancies in the City of London

Junior Software Developer Skill Set
Top 13 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of London

For the 6 months to 18 September 2025, Junior Software Developer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the City of London region featuring Junior Software Developer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) .NET
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (100.00%) Front Office
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Fixed Income
1 1 (100.00%) WinForms
1 1 (100.00%) Banking
1 1 (100.00%) ION Trading
1 1 (100.00%) WPF
1 1 (100.00%) SDLC
1 1 (100.00%) .NET Core
1 1 (100.00%) ION Anvil

Junior Software Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Business Applications
1 1 (100.00%) ION Anvil
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
General
1 1 (100.00%) Banking
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Front Office
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) .NET
1 1 (100.00%) .NET Core
1 1 (100.00%) WinForms
1 1 (100.00%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Fixed Income
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C#
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) ION Trading